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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Al-Maliki’s Comeback to Iraq’s PM Post
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Al-Maliki’s Comeback to Iraq’s PM Post

Sunday 25 January 2026
University in Erbil, and joined the Dawa Islamic Party in 1968, closely associated with Abdul-Sahib Dakhil al-Najafi, one of the party's founders, who was executed in 1969 after being thrown into a vat of acid. Al-Maliki began his political career as a Shiite opposition figure during Saddam Hus ...
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What Does Trump Want From Cuba?
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What Does Trump Want From Cuba?

Thursday 29 January 2026 ،
University of Miami, believes that the US has not clearly and explicitly stated what it wants from Cuba. However, what the Trump administration is seeking to stop is the surge of Cuban migrants. Bustamante said, The Cuban government could initiate a mass migration to the US as a way to pressure Was ...
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UN Warns of Shocking Paramilitary War Crimes In El Fasher
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UN Warns of Shocking Paramilitary War Crimes In El Fasher

Saturday 14 February 2026 ،
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have carried out a surge of extreme violence ALWAGHT- Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have carried out a surge of extreme violence—described as shocking in scale and brutality—during their final assault on the besieged ...
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How Do Americans Look at a Potential War against Iran?
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How Do Americans Look at a Potential War against Iran?

Tuesday 17 February 2026 ،
University of Maryland and the SSRS research group less than two weeks ago reveals that a majority of Americans do not support war on Iran. The survey asked participants: Under the current circumstances, do you support or oppose the US attacking Iran? The results showed that only 21 percent of resp ...
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Quds Day in Iran: Street Has the Battlefield’s Back
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Quds Day in Iran: Street Has the Battlefield’s Back

Sunday 15 March 2026 ،
University and City Theater, urging them to leave these locations. However, the people, undeterred by these warnings, continued their march peacefully, chanting slogans that resonated with defiance even in the face of bombings in certain parts of Tehran. The courage of Iranians on Quds Day astonish ...
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Why Are Israelis and Americans also Attacking Iran’s Cultural and Historical Sites?
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Why Are Israelis and Americans also Attacking Iran’s Cultural and Historical Sites?

Wednesday 25 March 2026 ،
University in Chicago and chair of the American Committee of Blue Shield International, which works to protect cultural heritage during wartime, underscored the importance of adhering to the laws of armed conflict in an interview with NPR. She noted that these laws specify what actions are permissi ...
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Boots on the Ground? Trump and His Last Gamble in Iran War
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Boots on the Ground? Trump and His Last Gamble in Iran War

Tuesday 31 March 2026 ،
Trump says he mulls troops deployment to Iran, but he has much to dissuade him from this decision. Alwaght- About a month after start of the Israeli-American military aggression against Iran with the aspiration of establishing “Greater Israel” through toppling the Islamic Republic and pa ...
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Bombing Civilian and Scientific Centers in Iran Echoes American-Israeli War Routine
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Bombing Civilian and Scientific Centers in Iran Echoes American-Israeli War Routine

Saturday 4 April 2026 ،
University of Isfahan was the first academic site to suffer bombing over the past two weeks. Actually, it came under two attacks, sustaining damage in some of its parts.  Tehran University for Science and Industry also was among the targets of Israeli and American bombing, with some its resear ...
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The Combined Iranian Weapon that Takes Down any Power
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The Combined Iranian Weapon that Takes Down any Power

Monday 20 April 2026 ،
University’s Baker Institute, puts it bluntly: “It turns out the Strait of Hormuz works almost like a nuclear bomb. It is a strong trump card that holds the global economy hostage.” This makes it clear that Iran’s military doctrine, mass production of drones and missiles, pl ...
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Persian Gulf Conflict Raises Risk of Environmental Catastrophe
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Persian Gulf Conflict Raises Risk of Environmental Catastrophe

Thursday 21 May 2026 ،
University researcher warns that the dangerous war jointly launched by the United States and Israel against Iran at the end of February has significantly raised the risks of an environmental catastrophe. Seyyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian diplomat, warns that recent military confrontations ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.